Armando Costa
Senarist · 1933 – 1984 · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Armando Costa (Rio de Janeiro, May 5, 1933 - Rio de Janeiro, April 9, 1984). Author, director and animator. He marked Grupo Opinião not only as co-author of some of its most important shows, but also for his role in resistance theater, which he exercised through ideological coherence and criticism in defense of popular interests.
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FilmBelgeselFollows the story of Opinião, a theatre group created in 1964 during the early Brazilian dictatorship period to oppose the government through artistic performances. Considered the first left-wing response to the dictatorship, the group gathered now famous Brazilian artists such as Nara Leão, Maria Bethânia, João do Vale and Millôr Fernandes.
Film10.0SuçUnhappy with what he'd got from life, Pedro Diabo becomes a dread outlaw, whom the police is looking for. In his life of crime, he has the love and support of a strange woman, Rosa Meia-Noite, chorus girl who likes to wear rich costumes in Carnival Balls.
Film7.9DramFive segments about the hardships faced by people living in slums on hills in Rio de Janeiro.
Film9.0KomediDramA young female fugitive escapes from a juvenile institution (the Child Assistance Service) and joins a group of poor beggars with the intention of finding a potential partner to marry in order to avoid her return to that place.